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Van Paepeghem, Lane, and Dourlet lead winners at Tucson Dragway

Ralph Van Paepeghem, Cody Lane, and John Dourlet led the list of champs as Tucson Raceway hostrf the first race for the NHRA Division 7 schedule.
03 Mar 2019
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Tuscon Winners
Preview | Friday | Saturday The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division event at Tucson Dragway:…
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Featured Flyer: Ken Ratzloff hits the strip with his 1953 Studebaker

Don’t laugh if anyone ever tells you that a ’53 Studebaker does not make a fine starting point for a race car. Its great aero is just one of the reasons Ken Ratzloff decided to go with the classic when he decided to build a new race car.
03 Mar 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Ken Ratzloff
Don’t laugh if anyone ever tells you that a ’53 Studebaker does not make a fine starting point for a race car. Truth be told, nearly seven decades after its introduction, the Studebaker still has aerodynamic properties that compare favorably with…
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Jordan Vandergriff looks to play his cards the right way after making Top Fuel debut

Jordan Vandergriff reached the semifinals in his Top Fuel debut and hopes to continue to grow at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville.
02 Mar 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
Feature
Jordan Vandergriff
Jordan Vandergriff shares a link with Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, mostly through coincidence. He earned his Top Fuel license at the track outside of Phoenix, made his debut in the Professional class there, and began crewing for his uncle’s…
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DRAW’s Tracy Winters Memorial Golf Tournament set for March 13

The Drag Racing Association of Women’s annual Tracy Winters Memorial Golf Tournament will take place March 13, prior to the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals
01 Mar 2019
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DRAW
The Drag Racing Association of Women’s annual Tracy Winters Memorial Golf Tournament will take place March 13, prior to the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. The tournament is being held at the Ironwood Golf Course very close to the Gainesville…
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More surprising Motorcycle moves: Stoffer to ride White Alligator Suzuki

Pro Stock Motorcycle’s Karen Stoffer not only will race Jerry Savoie’s White Alligator Suzuki this season, but she also plans to debut in SAM Tech Factory Stock Showdown this season.
01 Mar 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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In the latest surprising move in an off-season that has been full of them, Karen Stoffer will race aboard one of Jerry Savoie’s White Alligator Racing Pro Stock Motorcycles in the battle for 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock…
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WFO Radio: NHRA Arizona Nationals Winners Edition

01 Mar 2019
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WFO
NHRA Arizona Nationals Winners Edition featuring Billy Torrence, Jeg Coughlin, and Beau Layne. NHRA’s Alan Reinhart recaps the event and host Joe Castello tackles the latest happenings in the NHRA.…
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Tickets on sale for 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals

Tickets for the 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, the World’s Biggest Drag Race, are on sale now to the public. This iconic event returns to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis on Aug. 28 – Sept. 2. 
01 Mar 2019
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Indy
Tickets for the 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, the World’s Biggest Drag Race, are on sale now to the public. This iconic event returns to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis on Aug. 28 – Sept. 2.  The Chevrolet Performance U…
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Hagan, Pritchett named co-grand marshals of Pennzoil 400 NASCAR Cup event

NHRA racers Matt Hagan and Leah Pritchett will have the prestigious honor of serving as co-Grand Marshals of the Pennzoil 400 Presented by Jiffy Lube on Sunday, March 3 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
28 Feb 2019
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Matt Hagan
NHRA racers Matt Hagan and Leah Pritchett will have the prestigious honor of serving as co-Grand Marshals of the Pennzoil 400 Presented by Jiffy Lube on Sunday, March 3 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.   Hagan, a two-time NHRA Mello Yello Funny…
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Top Fuel rookie Austin Prock not afraid to show his personality at NHRA Arizona Nationals

Austin Prock reached the second round for the second time in his career by beating Clay Millican at the Magic Dry Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals. Then things got fun.
28 Feb 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
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Austin Prock
John Force Racing Top Fuel rookie Austin Prock has shown he's just as good behind a microphone as he is behind the wheel of his Montana Brand / Rocky Mountain Drill Bit Top Fuel Dragster. In an example of some good-natured ribbing, he started off…
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Arby’s named title sponsor of Atlanta NHRA national event

Arby’s will be the title sponsor of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series race at Atlanta Dragway. The 39th annual Arby’s NHRA Southern Nationals takes place May 3-5 at the track just outside of Atlanta.
27 Feb 2019
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Atlanta
Arby’s will be the title sponsor of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series race at Atlanta Dragway. The 39th annual Arby’s NHRA Southern Nationals takes place May 3-5 at the track just outside of Atlanta. Founded in 1964, Arby’s is headquartered…
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NHRA welcomes Alamo City Motorplex to NHRA Member Track Network

Alamo City Motorplex, located in Marion, Texas, just east of San Antonio, has joined the NHRA Member Track Network in Division 4, the South Central Division. 
27 Feb 2019
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Member Track
Alamo City Motorplex, located in Marion, Texas, just east of San Antonio, has joined the NHRA Member Track Network in Division 4, the South Central Division.  Opened in 1999, Alamo City Motorplex (formerly San Antonio Raceway) will become a…
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The Sports Report: Rising from the ashes

A year after his team suffered a devastating trailer fire, Cody Lane returned to claim an emotional Stock win in Phoenix.
27 Feb 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
The Sports Report
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Regular readers of The Sports Report will no doubt remember a year ago when the Hancock & Lane team was nearly put out of business before their season had started. Heading from their home in Seattle to Pomona for the traditional season-…
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History-making dedicated Pro Stock show airs tonight with coverage from Phoenix

Tune in to FS1 tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern to watch exclusive coverage of Pro Stock racing from the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals from Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park outside of Phoenix. The historic, hour-long program focuses solely on the 200-mph “factory hot rods.”
26 Feb 2019
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NHRA on FOX
Tune in to FS1 tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern to watch exclusive coverage of Pro Stock racing from the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals from Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park outside of Phoenix. The historic, hour-long program focuses…
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Robert Hight, Steve Torrence, Erica Enders lead NHRA Power Rankings following NHRA Arizona Nationals

Robert Hight takes over Funny Car NHRA Power Rankings lead following the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals while Steve Torrence and Erica Enders retain their spots atop the Top Fuel and Pro Stock leaderboards.
26 Feb 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
Power Rankings
Power Rankings
There’s a new Power Rankings leader in Funny Car after the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals [breathe]. Steve Torrence and Erica Enders retained their spots atop the Top Fuel and Pro Stock categories despite first and semifinal…
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Fast Five: Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals

NHRA's Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick count down their top five moments from this weekend's Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals in Phoenix.
25 Feb 2019
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Bill Kent leads Sportsman winners at Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals

Competition Eliminator racer Bill Kent and Super Stock racer Justin Lamb grabbed Wally's in Phoenix to lead the way at the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals.
25 Feb 2019
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Comp
  COMP Bill Kent, dragster, 6.657, 202.27, def. Ralph Van Paepeghem, '23-T roadster, 7.318, 178.66. SUPER STOCK Justin Lamb, Chevy Cobalt, 8.589, 152.19 def. Rick McKinney, Olds Cutlass, 10.672,…
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Billy Torrence, Matt Hagan, and Jeg Coughlin are fastest in Phoenix

Billy Torrence, Matt Hagan, and Jeg Coughlin Jr. had the hot hands on a cool weekend in the desert outside of Phoenix and collected victories at the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals.
24 Feb 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Winners
Billy Torrence, Matt Hagan, and Jeg Coughlin Jr. had the hot hands on a cool weekend in the desert outside of Phoenix and collected victories at the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals. Torrence, the low qualifier, collected his…
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Phoenix Top Fuel Sunday results: Final

Billy Torrence collected his second career NHRA Top Fuel trophy and did it from the No. 1 qualifying spot as he did his first, last year in Brainerd. Torrence got the easy win when Leah Pritchett smoked the tires.
24 Feb 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Billy Torrence
Billy Torrence collected his second career NHRA Top Fuel trophy and did it from the No. 1 qualifying spot as he did his first, last year in Brainerd. Torrence got the easy win when Leah Pritchett smoked the tires. Torrence, father of reigning…
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Phoenix Funny Car Sunday results: Final

Matt Hagan scored in Funny Car the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals for the third time in five years, defeating world champ J.R. Todd in the final round for his 30th career win.
24 Feb 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Matt Hagan
Matt Hagan scored in Funny Car the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals for the third time in five years, defeating world champ J.R. Todd in the final round for his 30th career win. Hagan, who was 0-2 lifetime in final rounds…
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Phoenix Pro Stock Sunday results: Final

Racing in his 1,000th round of Pro Stock competition, Jeg Coughlin Jr. collected his 62nd Pro Stock Wally and his 81st victory in his long NHRA career on Matt Hartford’s final-round red-light.
24 Feb 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Jeg Coughlin Jr.
Racing in his 1,000th round of Pro Stock competition, Jeg Coughlin Jr. collected his 62nd Pro Stock Wally and his 81st victory in his long NHRA career on Matt Hartford’s final-round red-light. Coughlin, who previously won the Magic Dry Organic…
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Phoenix Pro Stock Sunday results: Semifinals

It’s been 10 years since Jeg Coughlin Jr. won the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals, and the 2009 winner will have to beat hometown favorite Matt Hartford to get back to the winner’s circle.
24 Feb 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Jeg Coughlin Jr.
It’s been 10 years since Jeg Coughlin Jr. won the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals, and the 2009 winner will have to beat hometown favorite Matt Hartford to get back to the winner’s circle. Coughlin’s yellow and black Camaro…
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Phoenix Funny Car Sunday results: Semifinals

Matt Hagan is on pace to continue his every-other-year dominance of Funny Car as the 2015 and 2017 event champ raced into the final round, where he will face world champ J.R. Todd.
24 Feb 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Matt Hagan
Matt Hagan is on pace to continue his every-other-year dominance of Funny Car as the 2015 and 2017 event champ raced into the final round, where he will face world champ J.R. Todd. Hagan, whose Dickie Venables-tuned Sandvik Coromant Dodge Charger…
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Phoenix Top Fuel Sunday results: Semifinals

Leah Pritchett will be gunning for her third Top Fuel win in the last four years at the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals when she takes on low qualifier Billy Torrence in the final round.
24 Feb 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Leah Pritchett
Leah Pritchett will be gunning for her third Top Fuel win in the last four years at the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals when she takes on low qualifier Billy Torrence in the final round. Pritchett’s good-looking Mopar SRT/…
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Phoenix Sunday photo gallery

Sights and scenes from the final day of the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park outside of Phoenix.
24 Feb 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Jack Beckman
  Antron Brown, a three-time winner in Phoenix, has his fair share of fans, big and small, in Arizona. Rookie Jordan Vandergriff, left, defeated former world champ Brittany Force for his first…
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Phoenix Pro Stock Sunday results: E2

Hometown favorite Matt Hartford used a holeshot and a narrow .001-second margin of victory to advance his Sealed Power Camaro to the semifinals, where he will face Deric Kramer.
24 Feb 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Matt Hartford
Hometown favorite Matt Hartford used a holeshot and a narrow .001-second margin of victory against Rodger Brogdon, 6.569 to 6.538, to advance his Sealed Power Camaro to the semifinals, where he will face Deric Kramer. Kramer, a two-time winner…
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Phoenix Funny Car Sunday results: E2

After dodging a tire-smoking bullet in round one, reigning world champ J.R. Todd is wasting no time making good use of that reprieve, powering the DHL Toyota into the semifinals, where he will face Winternationals champ Robert Hight.
24 Feb 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
J.R. Todd
After dodging a tire-smoking bullet in round one, reigning world champ J.R. Todd is wasting no time making good use of that reprieve, powering the DHL Toyota to a 3.961 to defeat Tommy Johnson Jr., who exploded the supercharger for the second…
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Phoenix Top Fuel Sunday results: E2

Low qualifier Billy Torrence, whose last No. 1 start ended up with him in the winner’s circle in Brainerd last year, is halfway to repeating that feat after defeating Mike Salinas in round two with a strong-but-fiery 3.687 pass.
24 Feb 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Billy Torrence
Low qualifier Billy Torrence, whose last No. 1 start ended up with him in the winner’s circle in Brainerd last year, is halfway to repeating that feat after defeating Mike Salinas in round two with a strong-but-fiery 3.687 pass. Rookie Jordan…
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Phoenix Pro Stock Sunday results: E1

Jeg Coughlin Jr. won for the 45th time in 100 career matchups with rival Greg Anderson, Erica Enders advanced on a holeshot, and Alex Laughlin was quicker than all of them as the first round of Pro Stock eliminated revved up the action in Phoenix.
24 Feb 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Jeg Coughlin Jr.
Jeg Coughlin Jr. won for the 45th time in 100 career matchups with rival Greg Anderson and was impressive with a near-perfect .001 reaction time. Erica Enders also was quick at the Tree defeated higher qualifier Kenny Delco on a holeshot, 6.577 to 6…
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Johnson rides out wild explosion and still gets first-round win in Phoenix

Tommy Johnson Jr., celebrating 30 years of nitro competition at this event, scored what is probably his wildest victory in round one of the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals, winning the round despite a broken axle that led to a car-damaging explosion.
24 Feb 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Tommy Johnson Jr.
Tommy Johnson Jr., celebrating 30 years of nitro competition at this event, scored what is probably his wildest victory in round one of the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals, winning the round despite a car-damaging explosion.…
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Phoenix Funny Car Sunday results: E1

Low qualifier Robert Hight showed no signs of relenting, bettering his pole-sitting 3.867 with a 3.862 to highlight a wild opening round of Funny Car at the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals.
24 Feb 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Robert Hight
Low qualifier Robert Hight showed no signs of relenting in round one, bettering his pole-sitting 3.867 with a 3.862 on a solo pass after opponent Jeff Diehl had engine problems after firing, exacerbating problems that the independent team had during…
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